Name Cahit Kulebi | Role Poet | |
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Books Ici Sevda Dolu Yolculuk, Butun Siirleri Parents Necati Erencan, Feride Erencan Similar People Cahit Sitki Taranci, Behcet Necatigil, Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu, Necip Fazil Kisakurek, Dadaloglu | ||
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Cahit Külebi (20 December 1917, Tokat – 20 June 1997 Ankara) was a leading Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is enriched with simple yet ironic language, embellished with original descriptions.
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Akşamlar Hey Akşamlar /Cahit Külebi şiiri
Biography
Külebi was born in Çeltek, a village of Zile, Tokat Province, Ottoman Empire in 1917. He completed his elementary school in Niksar and his secondary education in Sivas. Then he went to Istanbul and graduated from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature of The School of Higher Education of Teaching(1940). Having finished his education, he worked as a teacher of literature in Antalya and Ankara. In 1964 he served as a cultural attaché of Turkey in Switzerland. Having returned to Turkey, he worked as the general secretary of the Turkish Language Association. He died in Ankara in 1997.
